9986782

System for Matching Footwear with an Article of Clothing or Other Objects

PublishedJune 5, 2018
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
11 claims

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1. A method for substantially matching a color or pattern of an object, wherein the color or pattern is to be displayed on footwear having a footwear surface and a flexible footwear display, comprising: a. Detecting said color or pattern of said object; b. Determining color or pattern values that are substantially the same as said color or pattern; c. Creating content using said determined color or pattern values; d. Displaying said content on said flexible footwear display; and e. Wherein said object consists of a human body part.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of displaying further comprises displaying the content having a pixel count in the range of 50 to 2,000,000 pixels.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of displaying further comprises displaying said content on 25% or more of said footwear surface.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of displaying further comprises displaying said content using a color depth in the range of 8-bits to 48-bits.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining includes using a detector to detect said color or pattern.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determined color or pattern values are stored in a design file.

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7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said design file can be shared either over an Internet connection or directly between users.

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8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the design file can be shared for free or for a fee.

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9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining color or pattern values is performed automatically.

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10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining color or pattern values is performed by a user.

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11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determined color or pattern values consist of camouflage color or pattern values.

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Publication Date

June 5, 2018

Inventors

David Odland
Kathryn Odland

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